I've been to several birthday parties of my daughter's friends (she'll be five herself in a week). Here are some things people did:
--hire an animal wrangler to do a show for the kids. At one party a guy brought everything from snakes to alligators to an adult Florida panther. The kids loved it.
-- have a party at a local farm. Here in Miami there's a place called the Little Farm that books birthdays every weekend. Pony rides, cow milking, petting, feeding, plus facilities for picnicking.
-- rent a bouncy house. Eats up a ton of excess energy
